W is P excerpt p8 What the hell is it for?

When Christians die, are they instantly changed into something completely Holy? Or do we go to Heaven ‘just as I am’?

Purgatory is the state of souls who are not yet ready to be in the presence of our Holy God. It is a place of reconciliation, understanding and hope. Find out why we need purging of the effects of sin that have attached themselves too firmly to our souls.